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punji stick
(redirected from Ponji pit)

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pun·ji stick  (pnj, pn-)
n.
A very sharp bamboo stake that is concealed at an angle in high grass, in a hole, or in deep mud, often coated with excrement, and planted to wound and infect the feet of enemy soldiers. Also called punji stake.

[Origin unknown.]


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